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Looking at trying something a bit different in the home office, thinking of a steel plate desk, support at the back and both sides. Width is 2850mm, depth 800mm. Stud and ply skinned wall so that's solid enough, just wondering what thickness steel to limit deflection?
Could have stringers welded along the 2850mm length set back if needed.
To finish just degrease?
Cold metal surfaces aren't pleasant to work on.
It'll be quite heavy unless you have a supporting frame, and steel will rust particularly with the moisture in your sweat.
It'd need to be pretty thick not to deflect. You could weld some angle to it but it'll still bounce a little bit. To finish it it'll want something. I've used bison wax before. If you want the metal look how about brushed aluminium? You could put a sheet of dibond over a plywood. Much cheaper.
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Cheers guys, will have a think about the next step. Support is fine, and the idea being that there are no legs so that I can scoot up and down to different areas for different work. i.e. pc for the cad jockeying/animation, sketch area for the clip on ponytail shiz.
What's the reasoning behind steel plate? As already said, its not a great material work on unless its a welding table. I've seen some really nice bonded brass worktops, if you're after an industrial aesthetic.
I would go for wood then glue some steel on the top as its the cheaper option. 420 Stainless shouldn't rust and you can buy it 1mm/2mm thick heat treated so it shouldn't get dented easily. This is what we have in the workshop and metal is thrown on it (20-30Kg Lumps) and it doesn't have any dents after 6-7 years.